Yreka High baseball standout Cade Parker scored three runs to help the Crater Lake Cardinal to a 4-0 victory over the Columbia Basin Desert Dogs of Washington on the first day of the 16-18 Babe Ruth World Series in Ephrata, Wash., on Thursday.

Parker joined the Cardinal, along with fellow Yreka High and Siskiyou Jaxx teammates Matt Jespersen and Curt Bennett during the Pacific Northwest Regionals. Jespersen and Bennett did not play on Thursday. Yreka High and Siskiyou Jaxx pitcher Tevin Cadola, who did not play at the regionals, has joined the Cardinal for the World Series.

Parker went 0-1 from the plate but was able to get on base and score three runs by being hit by a pitch, and also got on due to an error and a walk. He also stole two bases for Crater Lake.

On Friday, the Cardinal are set to face a a team from Cape Cod, Mass., at 1:30 p.m.